Carinthia celebrates gold: Payer and Karl Siegen at the parallel giant slalom!

Carinthia celebrates gold: Payer and Karl Siegen at the parallel giant slalom!

In an exciting competition on February 8, 2025, the spectators experienced a spectacular event at the Carinthian Simonhöhe, which took place as part of a FIS race. Benjamin Karl, the native of Lower Austrian and Wahl-Ostiroler, continued his impressive season and secured the Austrian championship title both in the parallel giant slalom and in the parallel slalom. In this exciting competition, he was able to defeat Andreas Prommegger again in the grand finale, which the fourth direct duel with his ÖSV teammate helped him to win this season. His victory rate this season also shows his dominance in sports, as already reported by vienna.at .

outstanding achievements of the Austrian athletes

While Karl dominated the men's ranking, Carinthian Sabine Payer also showed an outstanding performance. In the round of 16, she prevailed against the Japanese World Cup Tubaki Miki and then eliminated both the Italian Jasmin Coratti and the Dutchman Michelle Dekker. Finally, Payer also won the parallel slalom, which further strengthens its already impressive record of this championship. In the overall ranking she led to Martina Ankele and Pia Schöffmann, which made a triple victory for Carinthia perfect, as dolomitenstadt.at reported.

Overall, the two athletes showed their class and confirmed through their achievements that they are at the top of the snowboarding with great ambition and talent. With their triumphal appearance in Carinthia, Karl and Payer further consolidated their positions as top athletes in Austria and give hope for many exciting competitions in the future.